I am off work at the moment following a major operation. The hospital gave me a cert when I was leaving just discreetly saying I had been admitted on such a date for a procedure and would not be fit to attend work for so many weeks.
I was back with my surgeon in the hospital yesterday who wants me to stay off work for another while. This time her secretary wrote a letter for work. The letter had the word gynaecologist emblazoned on the letterhead and also under the surgeon's signature and a line inviting my employer to contact them if they needed any further details. My date of birth was also included in bold at the top of the letter. (I am having a significant birthday soon and don't want it known at work because they tend to make a big deal of these whether the person wants it or not and regardless of how they come to have this information). This letter will be going through a number of people's hands in work, and I work in a small place where everyone knows everyone. I really think it includes a bit too much information. Would it seem strange to contact my GP and ask him to give me a more discreet version of the letter or am I just being over sensitive?
I was back with my surgeon in the hospital yesterday who wants me to stay off work for another while. This time her secretary wrote a letter for work. The letter had the word gynaecologist emblazoned on the letterhead and also under the surgeon's signature and a line inviting my employer to contact them if they needed any further details. My date of birth was also included in bold at the top of the letter. (I am having a significant birthday soon and don't want it known at work because they tend to make a big deal of these whether the person wants it or not and regardless of how they come to have this information). This letter will be going through a number of people's hands in work, and I work in a small place where everyone knows everyone. I really think it includes a bit too much information. Would it seem strange to contact my GP and ask him to give me a more discreet version of the letter or am I just being over sensitive?